20 Attractions to Explore Near Bregenz Forest Mountains

Glatthorn is the highest mountain in the Bregenz Forest Mountains with a height of 2,133 m. It lies west of and above the saddle of Faschinajoch, between Damüls to the north and Fontanella in the Großwalsertal to the south. It is one of the iocnicv attraction in this area and it also offers nice views.

Faschina - Fontanella is the highest mountain village within the valley, situated on a sun-kissed balcony of the Grosses Walsertal. The small but charming settlement close to the Faschinajoch ridge at 1485 m above sea level, offers superb winter and summer holidays in a family-like atmosphere. The village is particularly well-known for the Faschina ski area, which is part of the Damüls ski area.

The Faschinajoch is a mountain pass in the Alps at 1486 m above sea level . It connects the valley of the Bregenzer Ach near Damüls with the valley of the Lutz near Faschina. It leads over the pass, which is well-developed and winter-proof . The eastern part of the route is very popular with motorcyclists .

Damüls-Mellau is a ski area in Vorarlberg, Austria. It is most popular for its snow safety. In 2006, Damüls was awarded the honorary title 'snowiest village of the world. With 109 kilometres of pistes, 29 cable cars and lifts, the ski area is one of the top ski regions in Vorarlberg and has already been awarded several times by skiressort.de as a world-leading Ski area of the EXTRA CLASS 2018, 2019 and 2020.

A high mountain in the Bregenz Forest Mountains in the Austrian state Vorarlberg. A naturally blessed location which offers beautiful trekking destination and also there are so many other leisure options too. The normal route starts from the upper station of a chairlift at 1810 m and is UIAA grade I.

The Furkajoch is a mountain pass in the Alps. It connects the valley of the Bregenzer Ach near Damüls with the valley of the Frutz near Laterns. The pass path was made correspondingly simple and, until recently, was little more than a natural path. Only a few years ago a modern, narrow road was built over the Furkajoch.

The Sünser Spitze is a peak in the Damülser Mountains of the Bregenz Forest Mountains in Vorarlberg . The summit is 2,061 meters high and lies on the municipal boundary of Mellau in the rear of the Bregenzerwald and the city of Dornbirn - making it the highest point in the municipality of the largest city in the state.

A side valley of the Walgau and stretches from this in an easterly to north-easterly direction to the mountainous center of the country. The end of the valley borders on the Bregenz Forest . The great Walsertal is best known for the UNESCO biosphere park of the same name.The name of the valley comes from the Walsers who moved here from Valais in the 13th century .

Kanisfluh is one of the most famous mountains in the Bregenz Forest. It rises between Mellau and Au-Schoppernau. It is probably also so well-known because the mountain is easy to remember visually. From almost every higher place in the north of Vorarlberg you can see the mighty massif with its steeply sloping rock faces.

A beautiful high mountain in the western part of the Bregenz Forest Mountains , high above the Rhine Valley and the Laternsertal. The summit belongs to the Freschengruppe named after him , a mountain range in the Bregenz Forest Mountains. A good trekking destination and also there are so many other leisure options too.

A majestic mountain in the Lechquellen Mountains range of Vorarlberg, in western Austria. it rises from the valley floor between the Großes Walsertal in the north, and Dalaas in the south. The mountain is a popular hiking destination, but designated only for experienced, sure-footed mountain walkers.

Diedamskopf ski resort is a sneaky powder stash above the village of Schoppernau in snowy Vorarlberg, Austria. It provides a quintessential Austrian 'small' ski resort experience in a delightful rural village. Vorarlberg has all the skiing & snowboarding that one could wish for, but if looking for something different, Schoppernau provides a relaxing snow holiday location without all the hustle & bustle of larger ski resorts & towns.

The Alplochschlucht is a natural gorge in the field of Austrian city of Dornbirn in Vorarlberg . It was formed by a mountain breakthrough of the Dornbirner Ach and is still traversed by this. The gorge is passable on a wooden walkway for pedestrians. The Ebensand power plant with the Staufensee reservoir is located at the mouth of the Alploch Gorge . Then the Dornbirner Ach flows again through a striking gorge, the Rappenloch Gorge .

A mountain lake with a natural spring in the Lechquellen mountains. It is fed by a natural spring and builds itself annually new from the snowmelt. That is why his size varies. Normally the lake is about 500 m long and 400 m wide with a maximum depth of 17 m.

A beatiful summit located in Vorarlberg and has an elevation of 1,645 metres. Hohe Kugel is situated nearby to Kugelalpe, and close to Ernst Amann. It is still one of the highest mountains right on the Rhine Valley.

The Staufensee reservoir is an artificial reservoir and short-term storage with around 120,000 to 130,000 m³ of usable volume. This corresponds roughly to the mean water discharge of the Ebniter Ache in one day. Several natural and artificial tributaries flow into the Staufensee. The water for the Staufensee reservoir comes from the residual water from the Ebensand power plant, the Älpelegraben, the Dornbirner Ache, the Tüfgraben and the Trestorengraben.

The Rappenloch Gorge is an approx. 500 m long gorge in Dornbirn in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg It has been bridged since 1791 to create a road to Ebnit. From August 2021 to - planned - summer 2022, a new road alignment will be built on the fifth Rappenloch Bridge in chronological order. It is traversed by the Dornbirner Ach northwards, which previously flows through the Alplochklamm.

The Hochälpelekopf is a mountain in the Bregenzerwaldgebirge near Dornbirn and at 1463 m above sea level. A. the highest point in the Bödele region. It forms an elongated mountain ridge running in a north-south direction. A good trekiing destination and also it offers nice views too.

The Walgau is a valley in the south of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, about 20 kilometers long, through which the Ill flows . The heavily populated region, together with the city of Bludenz at the eastern end of the valley, forms a metropolitan area in the otherwise sparsely populated south of Vorarlberg. In the west, the Walgau borders the town of Feldkirch in the even more densely populated Vorarlberg Rhine Valley .

The Braunarlspitze is the highest peak in the northern half of the Lechquellen Mountains and is therefore particularly noticeable from the Bregenzerwald . It is the culmination point of a ridge several kilometers long from the Butzensattel in the east to the west. The Mellau mountain guide Mathias Wüstner made the first ascent in 1877 over the north ridge.